Donor claims PTI has been hijacked

Party spokesperson denies allegations levelled by Mehboob Aslam.


News Desk February 09, 2014
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chairman Imran Khan. PHOTO: REUTERS



Pakistani-American donor Mehboob Aslam claimed on Saturday that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf cannot ensure provision of justice to the common people when it cannot provide justice to its own worker.


Addressing a press conference at the residence of a PTI’s founder member Akbar Babar, Aslam said Imran Khan was surrounded by opportunists and land grabbers, who were being consulted to run the party affairs while ideological workers had been sidelined.

He said he had worked for the party in the US and had raised funds worth $3 million for the 2008 general elections.

“However, when I visited Pakistan, reviewed the causes of the party’s defeat in the polls and talked with ideological workers, I found that the party had been hijacked by corrupt and bankrupt people, who had been assigned important responsibilities in the party,” he claimed.

He said the money he sent had been used in the intra party elections, while the party tickets were even sold.

He said Imran mistreated him when he went to him to complain against the alleged misappropriation and his minions kicked him out.

The PTI spokesperson rejected the allegations. “The PTI chief met with Aslam Mehboob and his six-member-delegation in spite of the fact that he had been dismissed from the party,” he said. “The party accounts have even undergone a forensic audit but no irregularity was found.”

Published in The Express Tribune, February 9th, 2014.

COMMENTS (63)

bilal | 10 years ago | Reply

Atif Ansari... first thank you for accepting the answer for PUBLIC EVENTS. With regard to Entertainments of 1 crore... and out door events. PTI would easily have over 10,000 tabdeeli razakar members (specially near the elections)... any idea how they did their work? Divide crore by 10,000... you get about RS 1,000 per tabdeeli razgaar member PER YEAR. Now tell me is this cost to unreasonable? I know you are trying to act educated. Please try harder.

ATIF ANSARI | 10 years ago | Reply

@bilal reading your first line really shows that u r well certified but not really educated. its very bad to think yourself that you are greater. that is what i dont like in Imran khan... problem starts from here....... its a fact that imran khan is the most educated person among all politician but nawaz shareed is the third time elected prime minister ( i dont want to discuss how he became) but the fact is that he is the 3rd time P.M. of Pakistan. yes i agree with you the amount used and the purpose of PUBLIC EVENT. but the thing is that the amount used in ENTERTAINMENT is not very low its almost above one crore and i dont believe imran khan talks about to cut expenses which lies in luxuries drinking pepsi is luxury. you guys could have drunk water instead of Pepsi and its very very much expensive to afford a meal above crore in one year.. that is what that person said that during election pti workers were putting their own pocket money for travelling and other stuff... I THINK you must concern and ask about all the liabilities and i am still confused about the amount used in OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES

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